Algebra Quiz

1. Mary, Peter, and Lucy were picking chestnuts. Mary picked twice as much chestnuts than Peter.
Lucy picked 2 kg more than Peter. Together the three of them picked _____ kg of chestnuts.
How many kilograms did each of them pick?
2. Sophia finished 2/3 of a book. She calculated that she finished ______ more pages than she has
yet to read. How long is her book?
3. The distance between two towns is _______ km. At the same moment, a passenger car and a
truck start moving towards each other from different towns. They meet 4 hours later. If the car
drives 5 km/hr faster than the truck, what are their speeds?
4. The sum of the least and greatest of 3 consecutive integers is ________. What are the values of
the 3 integers?
5. A tank has a capacity of _____ gallons. When it is full, it initially contains 15% alcohol. How many
gallons must be replaced by an 80% alcohol solution to give 10 gallons of _____% solution?
6. A tank that can hold 1,000 liters of water can be filled by one pipe in ______ minutes and
emptied by another in ______ minutes. How long would it take to fill an empty tank if both
pipes are open?
7. A rectangle is 4 times as long as it is wide. If the length is increased by 4 inches and the width is
decreased by 1 inch, the area will be ______ square inches. What were the dimensions of the
original rectangle?
8. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the total product of
its design voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the transmission distance. A ___ kilovolt
line rated at 1000 amperes can transmit _____ Megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in
Megawatts, can a 230 kilovolt line rated 1500 amperes transmit over 100km?
9. Jolo bought a second hand cell phone and sold it to Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then sold the
cell phone to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid ______ pesos more than it cost to Jolo, how
much did Jolo originally paid the unit?
10. Joey is _____ years younger than Becky. In two years, Becky will be twice as old as Joey. How old
is Becky?
 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

1. The exam will be given to you in a MS Word file format at exactly 4:00 PM via MS Teams. Exam is
good for 3 hours. Submission is until 7:00 PM. Late submissions will not be accepted.

2. Each student will have a unique set of given data. Click the google sheet link below to know your given
data for each problem.

- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l3MsSyqJFNwEe6xWjmh77mEYRmaB81xKk-hsq-
WTV_8/edit?usp=sharing

Example: for ABANTO (problem #1)

Mary, Peter, and Lucy were picking chestnuts. Mary picked twice as much chestnuts than Peter. Lucy
picked 2 kg more than Peter. Together the three of them picked _94_ kg of chestnuts. How many
kilograms did each of them pick?

3. You will be provided with an answer sheet in an excel file format. Click the link below to download the
answer sheet.

- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mjBVurnpddBhPK_QSx2zga9KS_xVnL_e/view?usp=sharing

4. In the excel sheet, do the following:

a. Indicate your name in Row 1

b. Key in your numerical answers for problems 1-10 in

Column D. (Numerical Answers ONLY! Do not include
the units)

c. For problems that requires multiple answers, be

cautious NOT TO INTERCHANGE the answers.
Example: for Problem#7, DO NOT INTERCHANGE the
numerical answer for length and width.

d. After you are done answering, change the file name

to this format “Familyname_MECC481_Algebra”.
Example: Tano_MECC481_Algebra.

5. For answers that contains decimals, round off your answer to 2 decimal places. However, DO NOT
ROUND OFF YOUR ANSWER UNTIL THE FINAL ANSWER. You can use the “memory store” and “memory
recall” function of your calculator to avoid rounding off errors.

6. Submit the excel file in the designated MS Teams file folder that will be provided by your instructor.

God bless Everyone!